Google problems anyone?

[Helz]

Everytime I type in www.google.com into any of my four internet browsers, I end up getting sent to Google.de (which while very nice is german and I want the international one). Anyone else or is it just me?

(ps. I would use my inbuilt google thingy but I want pictures)

 

[The Negotiator]

Works for normal .com for me....

 

[dave]

how about google.co.uk

 

[wolfracepunto]

try setting .com as ur homepage.....

 

[Helz]

Hmmmmm I can access it via the .com link on the .de website, and I can access .co.uk just fine. Maybe they are doing something international for the olympics, or have decided that I'm in Belgium (as a recent backwards IP thing seemed to think) and thinks it's being kind by sending tme to my nearest site. I managed to find the 'Bild' I was after anyway .

 

[black_cinq]

Works fine for me too

 

[JonnyBoy]

I always use the google toolbar for searches, it's mint and it nails all those annoying pop-ups

 

[black_cinq]

I've got the msn one of those... equally useful at killing pop ups

 

[arseofbox]

Im just behind a good firewall, so no bugger's getting into me!

 

[Helz]

So am I (also antivirus runs constantly etc.). This is why I also found it weird that anyone would be able to hack into browsers no-one ever manages/ bothers to hack into. In case no-one bothered to read my first post I shall post yet again that I usually use the integrated google (in fact any search engine search) section on my address bar (alongside the built-in pop-up manager - not killer but manager), however on this occasion I wanted pictures not regular search (bear this in mind for v8 developers please). Doesn't really bother me, just WEIRD.

PS. no more patronising comments please, helpful ones only

 

[HP]

I'm no computer wiz, I'm old and to prove my point programming the video seems to be getting harder!

Idea though - are you using a proxy server? NTL have given me a list of them to use for when the service goes snail-slow (all too often) and some sites think I'm in Bristol or wherever the servers are located...

 

[Helz]

No I'm not personally but god knows where ISP route this through (since neotrace now refuses to work) but you could be right with that as an IP check once thought I was on the continent.

 

[polecat]

I seem to remember that Google had a major outage a few days ago. It may be linked to that. I keep my Google task bar pointing to .co.uk so not had any problems.

 

[Helz]

Well I still had this problem when visiting google.com as opposed to using the toolbar (which always goes to .com). Also had plenty of ads on sites which were in German so after further investigations on a DNS lookup it turned out the internet seems to think I'm based in Germany. Have now started using a US proxy and now it seems to think I'm based in Dallas, which is fine by me and everything is back to normal. So cheers Pete for being right only the wrong way round - rep coming your way .

 

[steveyensen]

I'm no computer wiz, I'm old and to prove my point programming the video seems to be getting harder!

You're old? What does that make me then?